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Judge Approves Deal That Tightens Trapping To Protect Lynx

In this April 19, 2005, file photo, a Canada lynx heads into the Rio Grande National Forest after being released near Creede, Colo. A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over lynx trapping after wildlife activists and state officials reached a settlement that will limit the types of traps and snares that can be sued to catch the animals. Trappers who intervened in the case opposed the settlement, but U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen said their displeasure with the deal was not enough to sink it. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) Also included in the settlement was a two-year extension of a moratorium on trapping wolverines, another snow-loving predator. Wolverine trapping has been prohibited in Montana since 2012.